To follow this writing prompt in the strictest sense, define four in 4 different ways. If you would like more inspiration, Google Four...

I love art, but I am no art historian, critic, curator, or expert. I learn new things about art all the time, and it pleases me no end....

For this week's prompt, you are getting your poem's first line. I am using a calendar I have for this one. Look for your birthday month;...

Today is May Day, and there is a lot to unpack with this holiday. First, it is often celebrated as the unofficial start of spring....

Jill McDonough's poem, Dictionary Poem, is rich with inspiration, as well as being an amazing poem. So this week's prompt will use her...

Claude McKay writes of Easter flowers in his poem posted on my blog today. The photo I chose to accompany his poem is a Madonna lily....

What is something you hate? Broccoli? Sitting in traffic? Superhero movies? Purple? The bangs you gave yourself? Cigarette smoke?...

Let's use today's poem, Gnats by Ladan Osman, as part of our inspiration today. I also suggest reading Ode to the Maggot by Yusef...

A fun favorite of mine as far as prompts is our inspiration this week. The prompt is an easy one, suited for poetry or fiction. Since it...

Although a condition, not a disease, chromesthesia is a great example of this week's prompt topic. Today's poem--Chromesthesia by Kelly...

March is full of days! I am not talking only about its 31 days, but about the special days that arrive during this month. Here is a list...

If you haven't already, read Rita Dove's poem, Quaker Oats, which I also posted today. You can also look up Robert Hayden's brilliant...

Today's prompt is very short. Write a poem about war (any type of war, although your poem must make clear what you are writing about)...

Today's prompt has two parts. BUT it only works if you do the first part completely before doing the second part. So promise me you will...

I love looking through prompt books and web pages. I love taking generative poetry classes and workshops, and a silver lining to this...

Yep--I am a day late this week with the week's prompt! (And I am always a dollar short!) But it has a silver lining, as many mistakes do,...

Happy Sunday! I am giving you three choices for your prompt this week. You can choose one or mix and match, depending on how much of a...

Use today's poem, "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Reed Whittemore, as your inspiration for this week's prompt. This prompt has two...

Ugh. I have a cold (which is why I am posting this prompt so late in the late). But having a cold led to my thinking of cold and hot,...

No, this prompt does not involve The Box Tops' 1967 song, "The Letter" (but if you can work it in, go for it!). Rather, write a letter to...